Colloquium Schedule
2019-20 Colloquium Schedule
(All events take place in Science A107 unless indicated otherwise)
Force for Science
Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 10:00am in
Science A106
Presenter: Dr. Hai Nguyen, University of Mary Washington
2018-19 Colloquium Schedule
(No events took place)
2017-18 Colloquium Schedule
(All events take place in
Science A107 unless indicated otherwise)
Researching the Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae, and Deriving Stellar Masses for the ALFALFA α.100 Sample
Friday, October 6, 2017 - 2:00pm in
Science A106
Presenters: Sarah Parker and Logan Hess
2016-17 Colloquium Schedule
The Cassini Mission to Saturn and its MoonsPublic Presentation Friday, May 12, 2017 - 7:00pm in
TNR 170Presenter: Dr. Rosaly Lopes, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Geology of Titan as Revealed by the Cassini-Huygens MissionFriday, May 12, 2017 - 2:00pm -
Room A109Presenter: Dr. Rosaly Lopes, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Beat of a Different Drum: Listening to Atomic Vibrations in Nanoscale MembranesFriday, February 17, 2017 -
2:30pmPresenter: Dr. Gokul Gopalakrishnan, UW-Platteville
Snakes and Bubbles: Massive Stellar Nurseries in the Milky WayFriday, December 2, 2016 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. William Dirienzo, UW-Sheboygan
The Search for Dark MatterFriday, November 18, 2016 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Bethany Reilly, UW-Fox Valley
Two Internship ExperiencesFriday, October 7, 2016 - 2:00pm
Presenters: Michael Evans and Shayne Smith
2015-16 Colloquium Schedule
Chemical Reactions that Lead to Soot Formation and Reactions on Soot ParticlesFriday, November 6, 2015 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Dan Albert
A year at Donaldson CompanyFriday, October 16, 2015 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Evan Mason
Tales from the International Physics OlympiadFriday, October 2, 2015 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Paul Stanley
2014-15 Colloquium Schedule
Physics at the Intersection of Biology: The Mechanics of Cellular FilamentsFriday, November 21, 2014 - 2:00pm in
Room A109Presenter: Dr. Taviare Hawkins
Atom-Light Interactions: Generating New Coherent Light SourcesFriday, November 7, 2014 -
3:00pmPresenter: Dr. Erik Brekke
Weather Modeling: Past, Present and FutureFriday, October 17, 2014 - 2:00pm in
Room A109Presenter: Meteorologist Mark Holley
Two Summer 2014 ExperiencesFriday, October 3, 2014 - 2:00pm
| Presenters: | Erin Sullivan, "Laser Interferometry" |
| | Michael Detert, "Internship at Donaldson" |
2013-14 Colloquium Schedule
The Pulsar Laboratory: Probing Extreme Physics with Radio and Gamma-ray PulsarsFriday, April 4, 2014 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Megan DeCesar
Pulsars: The Universal TimekeepersPublic Presentation Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 7:30pm in
TNR 170Presenter: Dr. Megan DeCesar
Optical and Thermal Characterization of Photonic DevicesThursday, February 27, 2014 - 12:00pm -
Room D279Presenter: Dr. Maryam Farzaneh, UW-Stevens Point
CANCELLED: Exploring Quantum Many-Body Physics with Cold Dipolar AtomsThursday, February 20, 2014 - 12:00pm -
Room D279
Presenter: Dr. Ryan Wilson, NISTMolecular Modulation: Ultrafast Pulses, Molecular Control, & Precision MeasurementThursday, February 13, 2014 - 12:00pm -
Room D279Presenter: Mr. Josh Weber, UW-Madison
Engineering a Contradiction: Developing Transparent Conducting Oxide MaterialsFriday, December 6, 2013 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Seth King, UW-La Crosse
Performance and Background Study of DM-Ice17: NaI(Tl) dark matter detectors in the South Pole iceFriday, October 18, 2013 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Matt Kauer, UW-Madison
Eye movements while interpreting graphical representations of motionFriday, October 4, 2013 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Docktor, UW-La Crosse
Reports from an REU Adventure and two InternshipsFriday, September 20, 2013 - 2:00pm
Presenters: Tim Twohig, Taylor Richards, and Chris Woitula
2012-13 Colloquium Schedule
Astronomy at the High Energy Frontier: First Light at the HAWC ObservatoryFriday, May 3, 2013 - 2:00pm in
A109Presenter:
universe.wisc.eduBuilding a quantum computer with trapped neutral atomsFriday, April 19, 2013 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Marty Lichtman
Fragile Binary Stars: Observational Leverage on Difficult Astrophysical ProblemsFriday, March 8, 2013 - 2:00pm in
A109Presenter: Dr. Terry Oswalt
Searching for Life in the Universe: Where is Everyone?Public Presentation Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 7:30pm in
TNR 170Presenter: Dr. Terry Oswalt
What the Sagittarius Dwarf Tells Us about Our Galaxy and Dark MatterFriday, November 30, 2012 - 2:00pm in
A109Presenter: Matthew Newby
Optical Atom Traps and Localization of LightFriday, November 16, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Pasad Kulatunga
Further Adventures: REU and Internship ExperiencesFriday, October 5, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenters: Kyle Leaf, Jeff Kokke, and Matt Rucinski
Chronicles of Two REU AdventuresFriday, September 21, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenters: Zac Meadows, and Sam Knapp
2011-12 Colloquium Schedule
Nanoscience and Left-handed MetamaterialsFriday, May 11, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Alexander Popov
Superfluid Liquid Helium Films in a Disordered EnvironmentFriday, May 4, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Dwight Luhman
Fast Control of Domain Wall Motion in Ferromagnetic NanowiresFriday, April 6, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Andrew Kunz
WIST: Building a Regional Collaborative Institute at UWSPFriday, March 2, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Gerry Ring
Measuring the Vertical Structure of the F Ring of SaturnFriday, February 3, 2012 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Britt Scharringhausen
A Single Molecule Study of the Cell’s Skeleton: a Physicist’s Perspective on BiologyFriday, December 2, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Douglas Martin
Electron Spin Qubits in Si/SiGe Quantum DotsFriday, November 18, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Mark Eriksson
Cosmic Microwave Background Foregrounds: Improved Model of Spinning Dust Emission and Comparison with WMAP resultsFriday, November 4, 2011 - 2:30pm
Presenter: Thiem Hoang
Modeling the Hβ Emission Line in Luminosity-Averaged Quasar SpectraFriday, October 7, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Zac Meadows
Chronicles of Two Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) AdventuresFriday, September 16, 2011 - 2:00pm
Presenter: Paulette Epstein, and Micah Broehm
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